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Lady Riding: M.454-2015

Object information

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Titles

Lady Riding

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

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Description

Folding fan. Depicting a lady riding side-saddle, in the countryside.
Etching, on bamboo sticks. With guards having tortoise shell and ivory filets (leaf reduced).

Notes

History note: Lennox Boyd Estate. Christie's no. 2040

Legal notes

Accepted by H. M. Government in lieu of inheritance tax from the Lennox Boyd Estate

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Allocated (2015-04-27) by H.M. Government

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1750

Components of the work

Filets composed of tortoise shell ivory
Sticks composed of bamboo
Leaf

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.454-2015
Primary reference Number: 205033
Sale number: 2040
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 4 August 2015 Updated: Wednesday 15 May 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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